Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase controls proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells

A novel adipocytokine, omentin, inhibits platelet-derived growth factor-BB-induced vascular smooth muscle cell migration through antioxidative mechanism

(2014) Kyosuke Kazama et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Calmodulin Expression Distinguishes the Smooth Muscle Cell Population of Human Carotid Plaque

(2013) Matteo Coen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase regulates the development of hypertension through oxidative stress-dependent vascular inflammation

(2013) Tatsuya Usui et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Levosimendan inhibits interleukin-1β-induced cell migration and MMP-9 secretion in rat cardiac fibroblasts

(2013) Muneyoshi Okada et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Histone Deacetylase 4 Controls Neointimal Hyperplasia via Stimulating Proliferation and Migration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

(2013) Tatsuya Usui et al.   HYPERTENSION

Platelet-derived Growth Factor-BB Activates Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent and -independent Mechanisms That Mediate Akt Phosphorylation in the Neurofibromin-deficient Human Schwann Cell Line ST88-14

(2013) Robert G. Farrer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

HDAC4 mediates development of hypertension via vascular inflammation in spontaneous hypertensive rats

(2012) Tatsuya Usui et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

A novel adipocytokine, vaspin inhibits platelet-derived growth factor-BB-induced migration of vascular smooth muscle cells

(2012) Sukanya Phalitakul et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Identification of autophosphorylation sites in eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase

(2012) Sébastien Pyr Dit Ruys et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Omentin plays an anti-inflammatory role through inhibition of TNF-α-induced superoxide production in vascular smooth muscle cells

(2012) Kyosuke Kazama et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Death-Associated Protein Kinase 3 Mediates Vascular Inflammation and Development of Hypertension in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

(2012) Tatsuya Usui et al.   HYPERTENSION

Phosphorylation of Eukaryotic Elongation Factor 2 (eEF2) by Cyclin A–Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 Regulates Its Inhibition by eEF2 Kinase

(2012) Asli A. Hizli et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

Insights into the regulation of eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase and the interplay between its domains

(2011) Craig R. Pigott et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

1-Benzyl-3-cetyl-2-methylimidazolium iodide (NH125) Induces Phosphorylation of Eukaryotic Elongation Factor-2 (eEF2)

(2011) Zehan Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Exploring calmodulin-related proteins, which mediate development of hypertension, in vascular tissues of spontaneous hypertensive rats

(2010) Tatsuya Usui et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Enhanced pulsatile pressure accelerates vascular smooth muscle migration: implications for atherogenesis of hypertension

(2008) T. Tada et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

cdc2–cyclin B regulates eEF2 kinase activity in a cell cycle- and amino acid-dependent manner

(2008) Ewan M Smith et al.   EMBO JOURNAL